Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World ChristianityOxford University Press, 30 בנוב׳ 2007 - 384 עמודים Long the dominant religion of the West, Christianity is now rapidly becoming the principal faith in much of the postcolonial world--a development that marks a momentous shift in the religion's very center of gravity. In this eye-opening book, Lamin Sanneh examines the roots of this "post-Western awakening" and the unparalleled richness and diversity, as well as the tension and conflict, it has brought to World Christianity. Tracing Christianity's rise from its birth on the edge of the Roman empire--when it proclaimed itself to be a religion for the entire world, not just for one people, one time, and one place--to its key role in Europe's maritime and colonial expansion, Sanneh sheds new light on the ways in which post-Western societies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America were drawn into the Christian orbit. Ultimately, he shows, these societies outgrew Christianity's colonial forms and restructured it through their own languages and idioms--a process that often occurred outside, and sometimes against, the lines of denominational control. The effect of such changes, Sanneh contends, has been profound, transforming not only worship, prayer, and the interpretation of Scripture, but also art, aesthetics, and music associated with the church. In exploring this story of Christianity's global expansion and its current resurgence in the non-Western world, Sanneh pays close attention to such issues as the faith's encounters with Islam and indigenous religions, as well as with secular ideologies such as Marxism and nationalism. He also considers the challenges that conservative, non-Western forms of Christianity pose to Western liberal values and Enlightenment ideas. Here then is a groundbreaking study of Christianity's role in cultural innovation and historical change--and must reading for all who are concerned with the present and future of the faith. |
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... converts belong to mainline historic churches with the difference that theological feuds—as between or among Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants, for example—have been much less sharp than used to be the case in the West. Charismatic ...
... converts belong to mainline historic churches with the difference that theological feuds—as between or among Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants, for example—have been much less sharp than used to be the case in the West. Charismatic ...
עמוד 7
... converts, the new Christians acknowledged Jesus to be Israel's Messiah, and would gladly submit to be cut in the flesh to assume an indelible and a venerable mark of the covenant, since that was how they understood participation in the ...
... converts, the new Christians acknowledged Jesus to be Israel's Messiah, and would gladly submit to be cut in the flesh to assume an indelible and a venerable mark of the covenant, since that was how they understood participation in the ...
עמוד 8
... converts rather than just proselytes. The gospel was not just about religion as ''the Way,'' or as ''ethnic dressing'' so that followers and adherents could parade in borrowed garb (though that was how it all appeared to the first ...
... converts rather than just proselytes. The gospel was not just about religion as ''the Way,'' or as ''ethnic dressing'' so that followers and adherents could parade in borrowed garb (though that was how it all appeared to the first ...
עמוד 10
... converts led and went beyond what proselytes were permitted. Converts were deemed to have permanent tenure. That distinction defined the characteristic missionary task of Christianity: the church was in the world as moral light and ...
... converts led and went beyond what proselytes were permitted. Converts were deemed to have permanent tenure. That distinction defined the characteristic missionary task of Christianity: the church was in the world as moral light and ...
עמוד 12
... Converts were not cultural orphans or undiscriminating neophytes; rather, by virtue of the choice they made, converts were involved in judgment and discernment at the same time that they were involved in appropriation and assimilation ...
... Converts were not cultural orphans or undiscriminating neophytes; rather, by virtue of the choice they made, converts were involved in judgment and discernment at the same time that they were involved in appropriation and assimilation ...
תוכן
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2 The Christian Movement in Islamic Perspective | 57 |
3 Old World Precedents and New World Directions | 89 |
4 The Yogi and the Commissar | 131 |
5 Pillar of Charismatic Renewal | 163 |
6 Resurgence and the New Order in West Africa | 185 |
7 Civilization and the Limits of Mission | 217 |
8 Christian Awakening and the New China | 243 |
9 Conclusion | 271 |
Notes | 289 |
Select Bibliography | 321 |
Index | 349 |
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